theBoardlist and 100% Talent, together with Bank of America, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Ernst & Young invite you to an informative and interactive event for startup CEOs, founders, investors and board chairs who want to accelerate their business performance via a more dynamic board.
We've built a panel of top insiders to share their expertise on board service - including current and former board members of some of Seattle's top companies. Panelists include:
- Erin Lantz (VP & GM, Mortgages at Zillow Group)
- Heather Redman (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Flying Fish Partners)
- Kristina Bergman (CEO, Founder at Integris Software)
- Jeana Kim (Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati)
We're working to solidify more panel additions, watch this space!
During our event, you’ll learn:
- what great boards have in common
- how strong boards navigate change and conflict
- how to build and manage an efficient board
- the value of independent board members for startups
In addition, the event features a Fireside Chat with theBoardlist’s founder Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, who will share her expertise as both a CEO and board member (Sukhinder is currently on the board of Ericsson and TripAdvisor; was formerly on J. Crew and Stichfix's boards and served as an advisor to Twitter) and discuss how theBoardlist can help build your board into a strategic asset for your company.
Attendance for this program is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Click below to register.
Kristina is the founder & CEO of Integris Software Inc., a software company that helps organizations meet rigid compliance mandates with the ability to visualize where all personal information is located across the enterprise, prove adherence to regulatory standards, and empower strategic decision making. Previously, Kristina was a principal at Ignition Partners focused on Cloud, Big Data, Security and IoT startups. Prior to that, she was SharePoint and Business Intelligence Group Product Manager at Microsoft. Earlier in her career, she was at Business Objects SA (now part of SAP) where she was responsible for product line marketing for strategic alliances such as SAP, Oracle, and IBM. Kristina is also the founder of two companies, including the Victoria Drive-In Theatre. She graduated on the Dean's List from the University of Victoria (Canada) business school (B.Comm) and has her Master’s in Finance (M.Sc.) from Boston University.
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is a leading consumer internet and media executive with 18+ years of leadership experience. From 2011 to 2016, Sukhinder founded & served as CEO of video commerce pioneer Joyus. Before that, she was CEO of Polyvore. From 2003-2009, she was President of APAC and LATAM at Google building the region into a multi-billion business spanning 18 offices & 103 countries. Prior to that, she served as Founder & SVP of Business Development of Yodlee, as an early employee at Amazon.com, and as an Analyst with Merrill Lynch and British Sky Broadcasting. She is currently on Ericcsson and TripAdvisor's boards. She previously served on the board of J. Crew Group Inc and as an advisor to Twitter. Past board work includes: Stitchfix, J. Hilburn, Princeton University’s Computer Science Advisory Council, and Jobtrain.
Erin is the Vice President of Mortgages and a mortgage expert for Zillow, the leading real estate and home-related marketplace. She leads Zillow’s efforts to empower consumers with information and tools to make smart decisions about financing homes. Erin is a recognized leader in the mortgage industry and was named as one of HousingWire Magazine’ 2012 Women of Influence. She has held various roles in the mortgage industry throughout the decade. Most recently, Erin was the Senior Vice President at Bank of America where she led the Centralized Sales purchase home loan business. Before entering the mortgage industry, she worked at the Boston Consulting Group. Erin has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
Jeana Kim is a partner in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Her practice focuses on corporate and securities law matters for emerging growth companies, venture capital firms, and public companies.
Jeana has a broad corporate and securities law practice, representing technology and other emerging growth companies through all stages of development in matters ranging from formation and venture capital financings to public offerings and mergers and acquisitions. She also advises companies in general corporate law, securities and governance compliance and public company disclosure matters.
Prior to law school, Jeana worked in business development for several start-up Internet companies. She holds a J.D.from the University of Washington School of Law and a B.A. in English and Psychology from Wellesley College.
Ms. Redman is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Flying Fish Partners. She was VP Business Operations & GC at Indix Corporation, Senior Vice President at Summit Power Group and Executive and Senior Vice President at each of AtomShockwave, Inc., Getty Images, Inc., and PhotoDisc, Inc. Previously, she was also General Counsel of Getty Images, a publicly traded company, and managed that company's listing on NASDAQ. Ms. Redman serves on the Boards of Beneficial State Bank, the Washington Technology Industry Association (Vice Chair), the Greater Seattle Chamber, the Hawthorn Club and the Finance Committee for the Seattle Chamber's PAC. She has served on the boards of several privately held companies and many industry associations and non-profit companies as well as on numerous advisory boards.
Our event takes place at Zillow's headquarters in downtown Seattle.
Zillow Group is the leading real estate and rental marketplace dedicated to empowering consumers with data, inspiration and knowledge around the place they call home, and connecting them with the best local professionals who can help.
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Bank of America is one of the world's leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 3 million small business owners through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services.
About Ernst & Young
EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.
About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is the premier legal advisor to technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises worldwide. We represent companies at every stage of development, from entrepreneurial start-ups to multibillion-dollar global corporations, as well as the venture firms, private equity firms, and investment banks that finance and advise them. The firm's broad range of services and practice areas are focused on addressing the principal challenges faced by the management, boards of directors, shareholders, and in-house counsel of our clients.
About 100% Talent
100% Talent, our community partner for tonight's event, is a joint initiative from the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Women’s Funding Alliance, formed in response to Seattle’s gender equity challenges. 100% Talent launched in 2015 to provide a voluntary, employer-led, solutions-based initiative to create a more inclusive economy and vibrant King County for all. Their mission is to narrow and eventually close the gender wage gap in King County.
theBoardlist is a curated talent marketplace for the tech community to recommend, discover and connect highly qualified women leaders with great tech board opportunities at scale.
Our vision is that 100% of tech company boards use gender diversity as an opportunity to realize greater company performance. By our estimate, 80% of private funded tech company boards have no women. Yet we know that board diversity is a proven driver of business performance. We also know that creating diversity earlier in a company's development allows us to create a more diverse and productive culture now, not later.
